buffet
[noun]
Synonyms: snack bar, brasserie, café, cafeteria, refreshment counter, sideboard
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[verb]
Synonyms: batter, beat, bump, knock, pound, pummel, strike, thump, wallop (informal)

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I. Buf‧fet, Jimmy /ˈbʌfət, ˈbʌfɪt/
(1946–) a US singer and songwriter who was especially popular in the 1970s. His songs are often humorous and include Margaritaville.

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II. Buffet, Warren
(1930–) a wealthy US stockbroker (=someone who buys and sells stocks and bonds etc). He bought his first shares when he was 11, and bought land when he was 14 using the money he earned delivering newspapers. He studied at Columbia University after Harvard Business School said they would not take him. In 2008 he was officially the world's richest person, but he has announced that he will give a lot of his money to charity.

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I. buffet car /ˈbʊfeɪ kɑː $ bəˈfeɪ kɑːr/ (also buffet) noun [countable] British English
a part of a train where you can buy food and drink

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II. buf‧fet¹ /ˈbʊfeɪ $ bəˈfeɪ/ noun [countable]
[Date: 1700-1800; Language: French]

1. a meal at a party or other occasion, in which people serve themselves at a table and then move away to eat:
a cold buffet
buffet breakfast/lunch/supper
The price includes morning coffee, buffet lunch, and afternoon tea.

2. a place in a railway station, bus station etc where you can buy and eat food or drink

3. American English a piece of furniture in which you keep the things you use to serve and eat a meal Synonym : sideboard British English

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III. buf‧fet² /ˈbʌfət, ˈbʌfɪt/ verb [transitive usually passive]
[Date: 1200-1300; Origin: buffet 'blow, hit' (13-21 centuries), from Old French, from buffe 'blow']

1. if something, especially wind, rain, or the sea, buffets something, it hits it with a lot of force:
London was buffeted by storms last night.

2. literary to treat someone unkindly:
I was weary of being buffeted by life.
—buffeting noun [uncountable and countable]
buffet something about phrasal verb
to move something in one direction and then another, again and again, with force:
The body was buffeted about in the waves.

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buffet
noun
I. on a train/in a station
ADJ. station
BUFFET + NOUN bar, car, service

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buffet
II. meal
ADJ. delicious, excellent | extensive, generous | cold, salad | running The running buffet is available from 6 p.m. to 2 a.m.
finger, fork | lunchtime
VERB + BUFFET serve A finger buffet will be served.
lay out A buffet was laid out for the conference delegates.
BUFFET + NOUN breakfast, dinner, lunch, meal, supper | table | reception | style Breakfast is served buffet style.

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